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{"id":5143,"date":"2014-10-07T11:00:07","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T15:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=5143"},"modified":"2021-07-23T11:20:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T15:20:19","slug":"male-midwives-in-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/10\/07\/male-midwives-in-ethiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"Male Midwives in Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Alexsandra Mitchell<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5145\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5145\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/a013679.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5145\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/10\/07\/male-midwives-in-ethiopia\/a013679\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/a013679.jpg?fit=1536%2C1030&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1536,1030\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"a013679\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>WHO photo by Eric Schwab<br \/>\nNational Library of Medicine #a013679<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/a013679.jpg?fit=300%2C201&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/a013679.jpg?fit=840%2C563&ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-5145 size-large\" title=\"Margaret Mitchell lectures in Ethiopia\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/a013679.jpg?resize=650%2C435\" alt=\"A white woman lectures to a room of young black men, a model of an infant is on the desk in front of her.\" width=\"650\" height=\"435\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Margaret Mitchell lectures in Ethiopia. WHO photo by Eric Schwab<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101437044\"><em>National Library of Medicine #a013679<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This photograph from our <a title=\"NLM's Images from the History of Medicine\" href=\"http:\/\/ihm.nlm.nih.gov\/\">Images from the History of Medicine database <\/a>(IHM), is one of many gems in our collection.\u00a0 This 1960s image shows a class of male medical assistants being trained in the sacred art of midwifery by Margaret Mitchell at the Haile Selassie Public Health College and Training Center in Gondar, Ethiopia.\u00a0 The image was captured by World Health Organization photographer Eric Schwab.<\/p>\n<p>Established in 1948, the <a title=\"World Health Organization\" href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Health Organization<\/a> is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system.\u00a0 The WHO undertook several projects in Ethiopia during this time period, to combat and overcome the shortage of health care workers in the region.\u00a0 Its partnership with the Halie Selassie Public Health College lead to the training of health officers, nurses, and lab techs who later worked in teams throughout the Empire of Ethiopia.\u00a0 The men being trained in this image to assist in the serious duty of midwifery are a direct result of this effort to increase the number of health care workers.\u00a0\u00a0 This crucial training, as part of the overall health and wellness education programs sponsored by the WHO, improved health care and likely contributed to the safe delivery of countless children throughout Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Schwab, the French photographer responsible for capturing this image, traveled to Ethiopia in 1961, after being commissioned by the WHO for its \u2018<a title=\"World Health Organization\" href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/features\/2009\/photoarchives\/health_services\/photo_story4\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ethiopia 9<\/a>\u2019 project in Gondar, and the Ethiopian village of Kolladuba.\u00a0 According to the WHO, the goal of the project was \u201cto organize a model health care system, investigate local health care conditions, and to extend health care service to the whole country\u201d (<a title=\"NLM's LocatorPlus Catalog record\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.nlm.nih.gov\/permalink\/01NLM_INST\/1o1phhn\/alma991267963406676\"><em>World Health<\/em><\/a> magazine, Jul-Aug 1962).\u00a0 This picture is particularly surprising and unique because it shows the practice of midwifery being instilled in male health care workers.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/alexsandra_mitchell.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3143\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/02\/12\/a-look-at-librarians\/alexsandra_mitchell\/\" 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